Of the 5,200 new jobs around the state, 2,800 are in the goods producing sector and 2,400 are with service providing firms.

The quarterly report also pointed out that Alabama’s construction industry has lost 1,100 employees over the last year, despite building construction and engineering construction firms adding 500 workers each.

Manufacturing saw an increase in the workforce, with 3,900 new workers overall. Within the manufacturing sector, motor vehicle parts manufacturing added 2,300.

As numbers climb across the board in manufacturing, “Automobile and parts manufacturing and certain segments of the services sector will continue as the state’s major economic drivers during 2014.”

We reported earlier this month that the auto industry continues to be a primary employer in Alabama. This trend will continue, according to the report, which predicted the motor vehicle manufacturing sector could add as many as 3,000 jobs this year.

Government jobs were the hardest hit over the last year. From June 2013 to June 2014, 1,800 government jobs were lost in Alabama, with 1,600 of them being federal jobs.

The report also predicted that the states economy would improve steadily during the second half of the year. By 2015, employment is expected to jump by around 1 percent.

As we previously reported, Alabama’s unemployment is currently at 7 percent, which CBER translates to 144, 991 (seasonally adjusted) workers looking for employment.

Nationally, the economy is expected to grow at a slightly faster pace in the second half of the year, the report stated. However, wages would most likely not increase.

“A sizeable share of job creation is likely to continue to be in relatively low-wage sectors, causing many consumers to remain cautious,” the report stated.